Today's methods of birth control make it possible for a couple to choose whether or not to have a child.

如今的节育措施使一对夫妇可以选择是否要生育孩子。

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Some parents make handsome money offers payable upon the grandchild's birth.

一些父母会在孙子出生时提供一笔可观的钱。

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The decision to search for birth parents is a difficult one to make.

作出寻找亲生父母的决定是困难的。

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Now,the University of Southern California researchers say their work may make it possible for doctors to heal cleft palate before birth.

VOA: special.2009.12.22

Nate said,"no," the birth would make her sick.

VOA: special.2010.01.09

When open adoption started gaining traction in the late 1980s and early 1990s, critics argued it would confuse children about their identity and hurt their self-esteem, and that it would make birth mothers grieve longer as they continued to see the children.

WSJ: One Baby, Two Moms: a Rise in Open Adoptions

As an aside, you might want to double check with your insurer to make sure that birth control is excluded from coverage.

FORBES: Ask TheTaxgirl: Deducting The Cost Of Birth Control

Finally, and most disturbingly to Dr Colman, half the cloned (and seemingly normal) cows and sheep that make it through to birth drop dead within three weeks.

ECONOMIST: Cloning around